Montana's pro|environment Constitution goes on trial

Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate ...

Montana youth climate trial to move forward next month with narrowed scope ... District Court Judge Kathy Seeley found the policy the state uses ...

Montana Oil and Gas Violates Right to Safe Environment

A state judge ruled Monday, Aug. 14, that Montana's oil and gas policies are infringing on young people's constitutional rights to a safe ...

Youth wins climate case against U.S. state of Montana in first-of-its ...

A landmark ruling found the state of Montana violated young people's constitutional rights to a “clean and healthful environment,” marking the ...

Landmark climate trial puts constitutional Green Amendment to the test

Recently, 16 young residents challenged the state government to protect themselves and Montana's natural resources from the ravages of the ...

“Held v. Montana” Is a Historic Victory for Climate Action—but Also ...

Montana” Is a Historic Victory for Climate Action—but Also Human Rights. Invoking the right to a healthy environment will likely become a ...

Montana Supreme Court hears oral arguments in landmark youth ...

Today, attorneys for the 16 plaintiffs in the historic youth-led constitutional climate case, Held v. State of Montana, presented oral ...

Montana Trial May Determine If States Have Duty to Protect ...

A lawsuit brought by kids in Montana could determine if the state has a constitutional duty to protect its residents from climate change.

What Montana Youths' Climate Victory Could Mean for Other States

The lawsuit, heard in Montana district court, was the first in the U.S. to rely on a state's constitutional right to a clean and healthful ...

Held v State of Montana: A Constitutional Rights Turn in Climate ...

This analysis examines the decision in Held v State of Montana by the Montana First Judicial District. Court, in which 16 youth plaintiffs ...

Is a Clean Environment A Constitutional Right? This Lawsuit in ...

This June, when Held v. State of Montana is finally set for trial, Gibson-Snyder will take the stand to describe how climate change has been and ...

3 Things You Should Know about the Held v. Montana Trial

Learn more about the historic youth action climate trial that begins in Montana. Held v Montana - Gen Z alleges their constitutional rights ...

The 'climate kids' want a court to force Montana's state government ...

... a judge will back their claim to a less-polluted state as the first constitutional climate case goes to court.

Montana Supreme Court hears arguments in Held youth climate ...

“This case is about Montana's climate, Montana's constitution, and Montana's children,” said Roger Sullivan, an attorney for the plaintiffs, ...

Montana Climate Ruling Boosts Case for States' Green Amendments

A state judge's ruling this month that Montana's energy project permitting laws violate constitutional rights to a healthy environment is a historic win.

Held v Montana: the beginning of a climate change lawsuit trend in ...

'Delegates to the 1972 Constitutional Convention [where a clean and healthful environment were enshrined] intended to adopt the strongest ...

The History and Future of Montana's Environmental Provisions

The Montana. Constitution also sets out a number of specific environmental directives in Article IX ("Environment and Natural Resources"), which tellingly comes ...

Judge sides with young environmental activists in first-of-its-kind ...

(AP) — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a ...

Held v. Montana: A victory for climate advocates in the US - Paxus LLP

It also cited Montana caselaw holding that, because the constitutional right to a healthy environment features in Montana's Bill of Rights as the first of only ...

A deep red state just delivered a huge win for climate justice

Judge Kathy Seeley of the Montana 1st Judicial District Court found that the law violated the state constitution's right to a clean environment ...

Montana court rules children have right to a healthy environment in ...

A Montana judge said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by allowing fossil fuel development.